Challenge Mallorca 2025 (January 29 - February 2)

[Roku]

I thought he looked quite slow, actually.

He made a mistake when he was boxed-in by Davide Bomboi. He had to wait a lot to launch his sprint and then had to cover a huge gap but he was coming back so fast. I think it was okayish for the first race of the season, altough I concede the field was pretty weak.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Not as dramatic a Eekhoff's incident (thankfully), but there was a flying bike in the sprinting group with c300m to go. Any news?

 

[tobydawq]

Not as dramatic a Eekhoff's incident (thankfully), but there was a flying bike in the sprinting group with c300m to go. Any news?

Politt crashed, probably because the barriers suddenly appeared out of nowhere in a completely ridiculous manner.

 

[search]

Is Matthias Schwarzbacher in any way related to the former husband of former biathlete Martina Halinárová?

Roman Schwarzbacher is listed as his coach, so I would guess the likelihood is high

Schwarzbacher Matthias - Národné športové centrum

Matthias

narodnesportovecentrum.sk

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Roman Schwarzbacher is listed as his coach, so I would guess the likelihood is high

Schwarzbacher Matthias - Národné športové centrum

Matthias

narodnesportovecentrum.sk

And here's an Italian interview in which he says that his father Roman is one of his big idols:

Matthias Schwarzbacher: sguardo da duro e tante affinità con Sagan

Matthias Schwarzbacher è un ragazzo slovacco di 17 anni. Corre con il CPS Professional Team. Viene dal cross e può seguire le orme di Sagan

bici.pro

 

[SafeBet]

Politt crashed, probably because the barriers suddenly appeared out of nowhere in a completely ridiculous manner.

The first rider crashing into the barriers was Filippo Magli who DNFed, but he's fine.
Extremely dangerous finish. Obviously received zero scrutiny because it's a small race in January...

 

[Samamba]

Mallorca descents in the wet are something else, this wont end well

 

[Tricycle Rider]

From the dry desert of Saudi Arabia to some rain drops in Spain - gotta love watching cycling!

It's good to see some green trees and about 55km to go

 

[Samamba]

I don't understand why Tudor makes these races hard. Hirschi has like a 95% chance of winning if he goes to the last 400m in the front group, having teammates after Soler wouldnt be bad

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I don't understand why Tudor makes these races hard. Hirschi has like a 95% chance of winning if he goes to the last 400m in the front group, having teammates after Soler wouldnt be bad

Only if he enters the final 400 metres in the front 5, very hard to pass people there.

 

[Samamba]

Signs of life from Henri Vandenabeele the last few days. Great to see. One of these riders who got hit hard by Covid.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Christen is doing a lot here, add one to the raft of cyclists with ADHD, Morgado looks good but it's a long ass way.

 

[Samamba]

Only if he enters the final 400 metres in the front 5, very hard to pass people there.

Maybe, but look, this is just hard to control now. Has only 1 teammate cause he himself dropped 2 on the descent. I don't get it. Obviously maybe he makes the jump in a bit, if he's strong enough himself it could be fine but it's a risk imo

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Signs of life from Henri Vandenabeele the last few days. Great to see. One of these riders who got hit hard by Covid.

I'm not familiar with him and his wiki page doesn't say much, has he not raced for a while due to a particularly bad case of Covid?

 

[Samamba]

2nd bigger group isn't that far, could maybe get an organized chase after descent.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Ulissi climbing like an angel in Italy once again

 

[Samamba]

I'm not familiar with him and his wiki page doesn't say much, has he not raced for a while due to a particularly bad case of Covid?

He had a form of long Covid, struggled for 2 years, couldn't train how he should 2 days in a row without getting ridiculously tired afterwards. He had pretty good results at u23 level, then did good in his first pro race (Oman) but then Covid hit for the first time.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Tim Cahill]

Silly parcours design ruins good race?

Not a chance with this gap.

 

[Samamba]

Silly parcours design ruins good race?

Not a chance with this gap.

Depends on if we get an organized chase or if someone else makes the jump in the descent.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

He had a form of long Covid, struggled for 2 years, couldn't train how he should 2 days in a row without getting ridiculously tired afterwards. He had pretty good results at u23 level, then did good in his first pro race (Oman) but then Covid hit for the first time.

It's good he finally seems to be on the mend then!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Christen off on the descent, back up but limping, ffs.

 

[Rob5091]

Jan Christen comes a cropper but looks ok to carry on.

 

[Samamba]

So Morgado solo, seems mission impossible.

 

[Samamba]

Solos everywhere